From MedPage Today:
Patients with more severe depression gain as much clinical benefit from low-intensity interventions, such as self-help books and websites, as those with less severe depression, researchers found.
In a meta-analysis, patients who were more severely depressed at baseline had larger treatment effects with low-intensity interventions than those who were less depressed (coefficient -0.1, 95% CI -0.19 to -0.002), reported Peter Bower, PhD, of the University of Manchester in England, and colleagues online in BMJ. (read more)
YES, THANK YOU…don’t believe the hype about how essential drugs are in severe cases.
People need to know it’s possible to heal naturally from depression (and all psych diagnosis, really) so that they might find the motivation to try. As things stand right now far too many mental health services do not tell people there are many alternatives to drugs.
For many alternative modes of healing check the drop-down menus at the top of this page. It’s not exhaustive…there are many different things that can help different people. The above lists though can get you thinking outside the psychiatric box.
Here is a place to start as well. Click here for lots of posts on depression.
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